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boat
noun
a
small
vehicle
that
floats
on
water
and
is
used
for
traveling
or
carrying
things
,
usually
smaller
than
a
ship
•
We
rented
a
boat
to
explore
the
lake
.
We
rented
a
boat
to
explore
the
lake
.
•
Fishermen
loaded
their
nets
onto
the
boat
at
dawn
.
Fishermen
loaded
their
nets
onto
the
boat
at
dawn
.
Old
English
‘
bāt
’,
related
to
Old
Norse
‘
beitr
’,
meaning
a
small
vessel
.
verb
to
travel
on
water
in
a
boat
,
or
to
move
people
or
things
using
a
boat
•
In
the
summer
,
tourists
boat
along
the
canal
to
see
the
city
.
In
the
summer
,
tourists
boat
along
the
canal
to
see
the
city
.
•
They
boated
the
supplies
across
the
river
after
the
bridge
collapsed
.
They
boated
the
supplies
across
the
river
after
the
bridge
collapsed
.
Back-formation
from
the
noun
‘
boat
’,
first
recorded
as
a
verb
in
the
17th
century
.
